William T Sherman: The First Modern General

Подписаться 2,4 млн

Просмотров 38 тыс.

50% 1

#civilwar #biography #ushistory
William Tecumseh Sherman is forever linked with his famed March to the Sea in the late autumn of 1864. In truth, his subsequent march through South Carolina and part of North Carolina was far more destructive, a fact Sherman acknowledged in his memoirs. He commanded a regiment in the First Battle of Bull Run, a Union defeat which led to him suffering a bout of depression. Northern newspapers questioned his sanity, with one Cincinnati newspaper openly calling him insane.
→ Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week!
ru-vid.com...
Love content? Check out our other RU-vid Channels:
Geographics: / @geographicstravel
TopTenz: / toptenznet
Eric's Stuff:
Storyrant: / @storyrant
OEI Analog Horror Experiment: / @officeofextradimensio...
Free cosmic horror ebook: dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb
Linktree to Other Books and Socials: linktr.ee/EricMalikyte
Karl's Socials:
Fact Fiend: www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend
Wiki Weekends: www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends
Untitled Side Channel: www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel
Twitter: / karlsmallwood
Further Reading:
www.gutenberg.org/files/4361/...
sfmuseum.org/hist6/sherm40s.html
www.britannica.com/topic/Loui...
www.battlefields.org/learn/ci...
www.americanheritage.com/new-...
www.nps.gov/shil/learn/histor...
www.nps.gov/articles/000/ulys...
www.fayobserver.com/story/new...
www.usace.army.mil/Media/Imag...
www.battlefields.org/learn/ar...
www.archives.gov/milestone-do...
www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...
www.theatlantic.com/personal/...
www.britannica.com/topic/Lost...

Опубликовано:

10 май 2024

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 189

@danielsantiagourtado3430 27 дней назад

Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk; and now we stand by each other always- William T Sherman.

@dknighton100 27 дней назад

Now that's friendship.

@chrislittle2366 27 дней назад

@@dknighton100Agreed

@leroyhanna8670 26 дней назад

The only outcome to a true friendship that was tested by trials and tribulations that morph into a relationship stronger than steel

@user-ge7dy7xi3j 25 дней назад

Well, Grant, we've had the Devil's own day, haven't we? 😎

@ramonretana5551 10 дней назад

@@user-ge7dy7xi3jlick em tomorrow though

@ballinlikestalin878 27 дней назад

Sherman and Grant is one of the greatest bromances in American history

@willholmes8295 27 дней назад

It’s interesting to see Sherman who had a middle name after one of the most famous natives, led such a brutal war against them.

@tarn1135 25 дней назад

Because he knew if he didn’t play their game he couldn’t win. You have to force your enemy to come to you so you can control the war. It’s brutal and horrific but it’s one of the only ways to win a war.

@willholmes8295 24 дня назад

@@tarn1135 questionable as many tribes ended up not needing their entire women and children killed. But I see what your point is.

@SqueaksUofA 16 дней назад

⁠@@willholmes8295are you unaware that it was common for native tribes to kill all women and children when they raided another tribes camp? They only kept teenage boys as slaves and kept it moving. Higher success rate of getting away after the raid.

@willholmes8295 15 дней назад

@@SqueaksUofA I think that’s factually incorrect, not only in my archaeological studying but in common knowledge, women are the most important thing to a tribe after a warring male population.

@SqueaksUofA 15 дней назад

@@willholmes8295 whatever you want to believe. They would kill anyone that they did not take as a slave and they would kill anyone that slowed them down. Their torture methods are also why they were considered “savages”. These methods were around before French or Europeans first ran into them. I’m not saying this to say what happened to Native Americans was okay. Everyone was ruthless back in the day in their own ways, it’s just how things and humans were then.

@dfdemt 27 дней назад

In the south were always taught in school he was the super villain of the Civil War. But the guy knew his shit.

@stuartdollar9912 3 дня назад

Grant, Sherman, and Lincoln were the three indispensable men of that war. The trust Lincoln had in Grant, and the trust Grant had in Sherman were the difference.

@robinclaes4109 27 дней назад

Make a biographics on the greatest RU-vid host of all time: Simon Whistler

@jamescarter8693 9 дней назад

Yes wtf

@raydavison4288 5 дней назад

I don't know that most prolific Podcaster necessarily means the GOAT. 😊

@BardovBacchus 26 дней назад

"Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other" - William T Sherman

@tysonfoutz7606 10 дней назад

I totally thought Whistler would be here. This is good, so a good follow up would be “When Georgia Howled”

@hakeemfullerton8645 27 дней назад

Suggestions for a future biographics video: George Westinghouse, Chester A. Arthur or Frances Perkins

@maxwirt921 26 дней назад

I’ll add Tecumseh, William Randolph Hearst and John Pershing. Pretty much all the generals mentioned in this video too.

@connorrivers995 13 дней назад

They already did Washington.

@hakeemfullerton8645 13 дней назад

@@connorrivers995 I said Westinghouse not Washington

@tdubya75 8 дней назад

Westinghouse would be fantastic. I would like to hear more of his collaboration with Nikola Tesla.

@jokodihaynes419 27 дней назад

The Sherman tank was named after him

@dknighton100 27 дней назад

And rightly so. Wherever those tanks went, his spirit went with them as well.

@dknighton100 16 дней назад

@@HoxMouse no the spirit of his destruction and wrath.

@LittleStaceyCakes 13 дней назад

I’m related to Sherman on my mom’s side.. My uncle was handed down his diaries

@kaylew108 19 часов назад

That’s actually pretty cool. Does he still have his diaries?

@ronaldslater4703 26 дней назад

You guys had the wrong photos for Henry Halleck and Simon Cameron. You need to switch them, if possible.

@emilyperron5652 11 дней назад

You took the words out of my mouth.

@yeomanbasket 18 дней назад

Interesting to see how back then even the most common mental illnesses could get you labeled as crazy.

@chrislittle2366 27 дней назад

Thank you so much for this one been wanting this one for a long time

@williesavageii 27 дней назад

The picture shown at 7:52 is Henry Halleck; not Simon Cameron.

@johnquick9849 19 дней назад

and vice versa a little later😀

@johngeverett 11 дней назад

I grew up in south Georgia and saw Sherman as a hero. Maybe because my Dad was a navy pilot in WWII, and I strongly identified with the USA.

@tombystander 27 дней назад

Absolute beast of a General

@josephkelley8634 27 дней назад

Sherman was an honorary pall bearer at Grant' s funeral.

@jakealter5504 25 дней назад

He was also one of the last generals to see Lincoln alive

@douglasw9624 7 дней назад

Little know trivia...when early mountaineer and army officer Kit Carson died in 1868, WT Sherman took in KIt's eldest son William Carson and sent him to Notre Dame College in Indiana. It must not have suited William who by 1870 was back in Colorado married to Pasqualita the daughter of Kits friend and mountain man Tom Tobin.

@ignitionfrn2223 27 дней назад

2:35 - Chapter 1 - An ohio childhood 4:20 - Chapter 2 - Early military career 7:30 - Chapter 3 - Early wartime experiences 10:05 - Chapter 4 - The atlanta campaign 12:25 - Chapter 5 - The march 16:50 - Chapter 6 - The indian wars 19:50 - Chapter 7 - Sherman's legacy 23:10 - Conclusion

@DenethordeSade.90 27 дней назад

You still do these here too? You do gods work my friend

@chrislittle2366 27 дней назад

Pgt Beauregard would be a awesome one

@radarendicott3838 24 дня назад

Lancaster, Ohio is the seat of Fairfield County, and rests on the banks of the Hocking River. The Scioto (Sy-oh-toe) River does not flow in Fairfield County.

@nickg2162 21 день назад

This

@AaronLitz 27 дней назад

_"Cosmic Horror Madman?!"_ Sounds like my kind of guy.

@Wkumar07 27 дней назад

Sherman will forever be know as one of the most controversial generals in US history. Love him or hate him, but his final offensive broke the back of the Confederacy. Okay, I didn't know about the step sister sibling 😂. There's a p*rn hub joke there somewhere.....

@adamd5849 26 дней назад

......... It's not her fault she got stuck

@Wkumar07 26 дней назад

@@adamd5849 it never is.

@noahrenken3773 27 дней назад

Is Eric the permanent host? This is not meant to be a diss on him, but I did enjoy Karl hosting

@Smithy1991 25 дней назад

How can you enjoy Karl? His voice and his snarky wit is like nails on a chalkboard. I much prefer mr cosmic horror

@kaleanaking5292 24 дня назад

@@Smithy1991we all have our preferences. I like Karl’s snarky and witty comments but not everyone does nor have to. But why do you feel the need to know why someone feels the way they do? Especially when they weren’t even talking to you in the first place.

@Smithy1991 24 дня назад

@@kaleanaking5292 you don’t have to reply? If you don’t like my comment you can just ignore me. You expressed your opinion and I wished to express mine…

@kaleanaking5292 24 дня назад

@@Smithy1991 my how you have simultaneously grasped the point and missed it. I knew you’d reply, but the point stands. You didn’t just offer an opinion, you first questioned the OP as if they have to explain anything to you. Then you went on to be snarky yourself about who the OP asked about (unwarranted), then proceeded to give your opinion. It would be one thing if you left it at “I much prefer Mr cosmic horror” or nothing at all because they weren’t speaking to you in the first place.

@Smithy1991 23 дня назад

@@kaleanaking5292 yep I did question op as it’s ludicrous…I didn’t expect an explanation. It’s rhetorical. Nothing wrong with being snarky. I’m surprised you know what snarky means when you can’t recognise a rhetorical question that gets a point across.

@danielsantiagourtado3430 27 дней назад

He truly made Georgia Howl! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@jamellfoster6029 23 дня назад

I'm Southern but I can appreciate that.

@billmartin1010 12 дней назад

He even led his men to loot, pillage, and burn UNION families' farms. (My family's farm was looted and burned by Sherman's men while my great uncle was away serving the UNION army. A Union soldier's wife and children were left without food or shelter by this man. I'm sure my family wasn't the only Union family attacked by him. Post-war reparations were laughably inadequate.) He was an indiscriminate war criminal!

@JimFortune 27 дней назад

Is he the very model of a modern Major General?

@nathanappleby5342 26 дней назад

That saying applied to Sir Garnet Wolseley of the British Army.

@fingersTitan День назад

Finally.. It's the 1st thing you think of when you see the thumbnail. lol It should be a top 5 comment at least. This community seems to take itself a bit too seriously.

@nathanappleby5342 26 дней назад

Sherman is indeed the creator of "total war", but Heluth von Moltke was the world's first modern chief of staff who created a decentralized command focused on "mission tactics" and personal initiative. At 7:53, the person in the photo is not Cameron but General Henry Halleck. At 8:13, it is not Halleck but someone else.

@spookyboi8446 27 дней назад

I disagree that he was the first, as Napoleon as well as other military commanders such as Gustavus Adolphus, William of Orange, and Duke Wellesley (the Duke of Wellington). Who all were using these tactics prior to the Civil War generals. All of these strategies were ones already in use, and Napoleonic warfare was studied heavily at West Point during this period.

@EGSBiographies-om1wb 26 дней назад

Can u do John J Pershing sometime.

@girldaddividendinvestor 27 дней назад

Mt Rushmore of Generals. 🔥

@JeffreyKenison 27 дней назад

Speaking of generals. Can you do a video about Charles George Gordon too, please? Thanks.

@DJS11811 3 дня назад

You got Halleck and Cameron's pictures mixed up.

@matthewbrown8679 6 дней назад

Sherman was a great general in his own right, but he followed the tactics and attitude he learned from Grant, and was following Grant's strategy with his march to the sea.

@UnconditionalSurrenderG 26 дней назад

7:51 That’s not a photo of Simon , Cameron. That’s Henry Halleck

@johnquick9849 19 дней назад

Nice video - although the images for Cameron & Halleck are the wrong way round :) Also the evacuation of Savannah took place on a Pontoon bridge, not a Platoon bridge.

@johnshepherd9676 18 дней назад

Winfield Scott was the first modern General.

@roterakaten636 26 дней назад

At 6:41 are talking about Leavenworth kansas?? There is no lensworth kansas. It's pronounced lea-ven-worth. It's named after a us army officer Henry leavenworth who served in the war of 1812. Like fort leavenworth ??? The military prison town. That popped up around the fort. BTW from the area.

@MistahDaCat 26 дней назад

Sherman's March To The Sea was one of the greatest moments in American history and I hope there will be a chance for a sequel.

@MistahDaCat 16 дней назад

@@HoxMouse Aw, where did you go, dummy? Give up on your SJW Snowflake crusade?

@MistahDaCat 16 дней назад

@@HoxMouse This seems to be less about Sherman and more about your desperate need for attention as you repeatedly comment about it. Why are you such a narcissist?

@paulherman5822 27 дней назад

Could we get a video on Lafayette "War Daddy" Pool? WWII tank commander.

@the_meccaneer 21 день назад

At 15:50 there is an armored vehicle . . .

@adamd5849 26 дней назад

I like Eric as the host. While I miss Simon, Eric has the potential to be pretty damn good

@DJL78 26 дней назад

What? He is as engaging as watching wet paint dry. Karl was better than this guy in every possible way. This channel is over. Done.

@adamd5849 26 дней назад

@@DJL78 Simon was the same when he began. Give him time to find his groove and he'll be good

@DJL78 26 дней назад

@@adamd5849 I’ve given him enough time. Watching paint dry is thrilling in comparison. This channel is a mess.

@Smithy1991 25 дней назад

@@DJL78 How can you like Karl’s voice or wit? It sounds like nails on a chalkboard. Cosmic horror man is leagues ahead of Karl

@Smithy1991 25 дней назад

@@DJL78 How can you like Karl’s voice or wit? It sounds like nails on a chalkboard. Cosmic horror man is leagues ahead of Karl

@sarahrosereads 26 дней назад

I'm related to him. My mother is obsessed with family tree shit and she has a photograph of William and Cordelia Sherman and a bunch of other family members hanging in her hallway of pictures. Old-time photos are so creepy and no one is smiling and they all look angry.

@slumpighet 27 дней назад

But was he the first modern major general?

@kyrgyzsanjar 7 дней назад

I will have a drink later to the friendship between WT Sherman and Grant!

@-RONNIE 27 дней назад

Thanks for the video 👍🏻

@alexius23 26 дней назад

And vice versa Halleck photo was Simon Cameron…

@nathanholt9689 День назад

He’s my great great great (probably another great) grandfather!! I got a scholarship in college for being his blood relative

@halporter9 10 дней назад

Another’s may have pointed out, Haleck and Cameron photos are transposed

@alexius23 26 дней назад

The photo of Simon Cameron was actually Henry Halleck

@MrBobsmithers 8 дней назад

Keep forgetting that Simon doesn't host this channel anymore.

@kaylew108 19 часов назад

Ok so we are just going to gloss over that he married his step sister? I was not expecting that 😂

@jonbotten8106 19 дней назад

Picture was of Halleck, not Cameron

@jonathandarling2337 8 дней назад

Didn’t Simon already do this one?

@hurst1936 27 дней назад

Gilbert and sulivene would be proud 😊

@Vasiliosx2 26 дней назад

The first modern general? That's so major!

@charlie861i 26 дней назад

does simon not do these anymore?

@hypester1733 26 дней назад

bro i like erik i say this they know we like erik too just no small wood lol sorry small wood

@Smithy1991 25 дней назад

Unfortunately no more Simon and has been like that a long time now. Cosmic horror guy is good tho. I despise Karl

@georgeosborn3223 25 дней назад

Platoon bridge. Like a pontoon bridge only smaller.

@davidfitzpatrick6535 26 дней назад

Hey what Happened to Karl Smallwood? I really liked him esp the interesting ad reads.

@Smithy1991 25 дней назад

How can you like Karl’s voice or wit? It sounds like nails on a chalkboard

@williamstocker584 9 дней назад

Smithy1991 you can saying the same crap over and over come up with something new

@user-xw1lz7fi2u 15 дней назад

Why is there a picture of a tank crossing a pontoon bridge in this video?? lol

@TheMagicLemur 26 дней назад

20:28 - The "Shermanesque statement" is something I'd not connected to him. Alex Salmond (former First Minister of Scotland) made a Shermanesque statement... then ran anyway. 😏

@jamesdykes517 3 дня назад

Where's Simon?

@davidhobbs5421 26 дней назад

Halleck and Cameron's photos are reversed.

@flashkingbro8704 25 дней назад

What happened to karl?

@garyjohnson8327 27 дней назад

War crimes against colonizers and Indigenous people alike.

@samanthaabel1079 10 дней назад

what happened to karl?

@MrDyldoBaggins 27 дней назад

Custer next!

@ArchangelXCI 25 дней назад

They covered Custer a year ago

@hacc220able 26 дней назад

Curtis LeMay then must have been one of Bill's grands. They both were into pyrotechnics. Bill burned mostly houses, outhouses, barns and a few cities while Lemay just obliterated whole cities along with their populations.

@personaslates 27 дней назад

I am the very model of a modern Major-Gineral, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical; I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical, I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical, About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news, With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse!

@jackhazard2829 25 дней назад

If by modern you mean ray pist golum

@marcmeyer9969 5 дней назад

Lou-ah-vulle 😉

@bobsmith6256 27 дней назад

FYI the Scioto river is pronounced CY O TA

@StephenLuke 26 дней назад

RIP William T. Sherman (1820-1891)

@timbo2tonez433 13 дней назад

Where's Simon??

@williamstocker584 9 дней назад

He doesn’t work for biographies anymore unfortunately

@iamshaunsimpson 27 дней назад

what happened to Simon???

@justincase3230 16 дней назад

Oh no what happened to karl?

@jeanmkaufmann 26 дней назад

Where is Karl? I'm not into cosmic horror or space cowboys. I won't watch now if it isn't Karl. 😕🇨🇦

@elimanning6520 11 дней назад

Where is simon?

@DJS11811 3 дня назад

Sherman worked for Grant. Grant was the first modern general. Grant is t=he one that figured out that robbing the Confederate army of food was as good as taking theiur ammo. He and Sherman agreed. But it was Grant's ideea.

@scarface1499 16 дней назад

One could argue that Grant in relation to Lee was in fact the first modern General, especially regarding his seige of Vicksburg, but I definitely can see why Sherman could also have that title.

@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185 27 дней назад

IDK it might be a stretch but there’s a little known guy named Napoleon that I think might have a bigger claim to the first modern General claim. It’s a bit niche I know but if you’ve never heard of him get a book, he’s literally the most written about person in history

@stevenkidd6761 27 дней назад

I bet the he is , literally, not the most written about person in history. That would belong to a religious figure and , likely, not who you think. Nice homering for Nappy, tho.

@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185 27 дней назад

@@stevenkidd6761 you bet wrong. He literally is the most written about person in history. A quick google search would have saved you some embarrassment mate but jog on

@stevenkidd6761 27 дней назад

@@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185 still 🧢🧢🧢 According to what source has steered you astray?

@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185 27 дней назад

@@stevenkidd6761 google

@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185 27 дней назад

@@stevenkidd6761 it’s actually fairly common knowledge dude. You look a clown

@xuser48 25 дней назад

You mispronounced "Leavenworth".

@michaelmazowiecki9195 14 дней назад

The first modern AMERICAN General. His scorched earth strategy was nothing new, nor was living off the land. It was common practice right back to the Romans in Europe.

@beckyowens2586 25 дней назад

I got to see a reenactment at Shiloh once when I was a teenager. Some of the volunteers have both uniforms. When the reenactors get together they assess how many union and Confederate soldiers they have. If one side is short, those guys with two uniforms will dress out for the short side. The first day they'll flip a coin. Whoever wins will win that day, then on the second day, the other guys win. A lot of wives join in too and will dress out and run concessions/vendor stalls and set up troop and officers tents to show examples of how they lived during the war. It's all pretty dang cool. I even got to participate in the union artillery at one locally. I shot the cannon. As an awkward teen it was freaking awesome.

@sirtorndr 23 дня назад

"Undoubtably" is not a word. Still, this is a great video.

@SaS-cs7hz 27 дней назад

Seriously what happened to Karl?

@SaS-cs7hz 27 дней назад

Sorry new guy

@TheMagicLemur 26 дней назад

Think he's gone. In truth: the comments under each of his videos were seldom positive [bless him).

@Smithy1991 25 дней назад

How can you like Karl’s voice or wit? It sounds like nails on a chalkboard

@douglasboyle6544 24 дня назад

PONTOON bridge. WTF. I just can't take it anymore after all the ridiculous mispronunciations.

@sirtorndr 23 дня назад

I missed that. How did he mispronounce it?

@douglasboyle6544 23 дня назад

@@sirtorndr Well he called it a "platoon bridge", that's probably why you missed it and it's what broke me. It was the mispronunciation of Leavenworth Prison and Kennesaw Mountain that wound me up early, after those I lost track.

@sirtorndr 23 дня назад

@@douglasboyle6544 Ah. It is frustrating when the quality of the video is compromised by mispronunciation. I noticed a couple of them, but I wasn't paying attention the whole time. When he said, "undoubtably", I had to say something. I hear that one more and more, and I don't care for it, although I think it will probably end up in the dictionary like "irregardless" and so many others of that ilk.

@douglasboyle6544 22 дня назад

@@sirtorndr Yeah, good point, it's well researched and I don't doubt the quality of the info. But geez, if you don't have a strong vocabulary maybe vocal work ain't for you :/

@larrybrewer 10 дней назад

Famous for attacking citizens, we call that a crime now.

@youtubezcy 9 дней назад

Well technically not citizens thanks to the Confederacy and freeing slaves along the way. Blame the cutthroat rebels.

@larrybrewer 9 дней назад

@@youtubezcy Most of the people in the south did not own slaves or participate in the war, but their homes were looted and burned, farms destroyed, and innocent people were raped and murdered. Sherman was at the heart of it.

@keveyson 24 дня назад

He played a part in the establishment of Sacramento... ewwww

@ahmangreen5945 16 дней назад

@ 15:48 you have a Sherman tank crossing a pontoon bridge just like Sherman did in a documentary about Sherman. Fitting.

@strawbilly 25 дней назад

Bring back Kyle

@aceundead4750 27 дней назад

Sooooo... who wants to go marching?

@SimonTekConley 27 дней назад

Butchered city names, reused the same photos over and over, and incorrect photos.

@Smithy1991 25 дней назад

City names were fine🙄

@ExcessEnergy 26 дней назад

So basically ender from Enders game. Remove your enemies desire to fight again, by any means necessary.

@trajanfidelis1532 26 дней назад

War is hell.

@DJL78 26 дней назад

Decent script. Well written. Delivered by a guy who has the personality of tree bark. This is does not bode well for the health of this channel. Karl was better than this. Who runs this thing? Are they on a kamikaze mission to kill the channel? WOW!

@Smithy1991 25 дней назад

How can you like Karl’s voice or wit? It sounds like nails on a chalkboard. Cosmic horror man is far better then Karl. Very soothing voice

@kupaaiau 24 дня назад

The worst host!

@garyjohnson8327 27 дней назад

Atrocities by both sides? One side is the clear aggressor. Equivocation. BS.

@EGSBiographies-om1wb 27 дней назад

42nd

@craigkdillon 6 дней назад

You give no info or analysis of Sherman's generalship. You do not define what is a modern general, or how Sherman is one. You merely recite his career. Worthless report.